Constant Hitmaker
General
| Oct 2009
Reviews
Rhino
Reviewed 2009-11-19
Reviewed 2009-11-19
Very noisy, lo-fi, often drone-based country/blues-tinged pop songs. Tons of reverb, delay, feedback and tape hiss over chugging blues riffs or folk fingerpicking. This is a collection of KV's home recordings: very much the R. Stevie Moore/Ariel Pink aesthetic. RIYD: Beach House, Strokes, Wavves, Times New Viking.
01.*** One of KV's catchiest most upbeat pop tunes; very Is This It?
02. Slower country-folk number. Virtually no noise, just a drum machine and plenty of reverb.
03.** Slower w/ fingerpicking. Alien hum/radio squall behind the vox.
04.*** Seriously beautiful, sinister, deep-winter fingerpicking. Slapback reverb, no noise.
05. 3-min instrumental, mostly textured noise and hiss.
06.** Calmer, melancholy full-strummed number w/ a steady 4/4 drumbeat. Little hiss, plenty reverb.
07. 30 second space-noise interlude.
08. Slow and ambient w/ a barely-there flitch beat and delaaaaaayed, whispered vox. Beach House meets Amnesiac.
09. Dreamy, spaced out and slow. Sounds like its title.
10. 1:45 space noise interlude.
11. 1:28 mumbling and noise interlude.
12. Space signals and samples w/ some muttered vocals and plenty hiss.
13.* Pretty acoustic fingerpicking rag w/ a downtrodden, melancholy vocal melody.
01.*** One of KV's catchiest most upbeat pop tunes; very Is This It?
02. Slower country-folk number. Virtually no noise, just a drum machine and plenty of reverb.
03.** Slower w/ fingerpicking. Alien hum/radio squall behind the vox.
04.*** Seriously beautiful, sinister, deep-winter fingerpicking. Slapback reverb, no noise.
05. 3-min instrumental, mostly textured noise and hiss.
06.** Calmer, melancholy full-strummed number w/ a steady 4/4 drumbeat. Little hiss, plenty reverb.
07. 30 second space-noise interlude.
08. Slow and ambient w/ a barely-there flitch beat and delaaaaaayed, whispered vox. Beach House meets Amnesiac.
09. Dreamy, spaced out and slow. Sounds like its title.
10. 1:45 space noise interlude.
11. 1:28 mumbling and noise interlude.
12. Space signals and samples w/ some muttered vocals and plenty hiss.
13.* Pretty acoustic fingerpicking rag w/ a downtrodden, melancholy vocal melody.
trainee Ryan Kailath
Reviewed 2009-11-14
Reviewed 2009-11-14
Very noisy, lo-fi, often drone-based country/blues-tinged pop songs. Tons of reverb, delay, feedback and tape hiss over chugging blues riffs or folk fingerpicking. This is a collection of KV's home recordings: very much the R. Stevie Moore/Ariel Pink aesthetic. RIYD: Beach House, Strokes, Wavves, Times New Viking.
01.*** One of KV's catchiest most upbeat pop tunes; very Is This It?
02. Slower country-folk number. Virtually no noise, just a drum machine and plenty of reverb.
03.** Slower w/ fingerpicking. Alien hum/radio squall behind the vox.
04.*** Seriously beautiful, sinister, deep-winter fingerpicking. Slapback reverb, no noise.
05. 3-min instrumental, mostly textured noise and hiss.
06.** Calmer, melancholy full-strummed number w/ a steady 4/4 drumbeat. Little hiss, plenty reverb.
07. 30 second space-noise interlude.
08. Slow and ambient w/ a barely-there flitch beat and delaaaaaayed, whispered vox. Beach House meets Amnesiac.
09. Dreamy, spaced out and slow. Sounds like its title.
10. 1:45 space noise interlude.
11. 1:28 mumbling and noise interlude.
12. Space signals and samples w/ some muttered vocals and plenty hiss.
13.* Pretty acoustic fingerpicking rag w/ a downtrodden, melancholy vocal melody.
01.*** One of KV's catchiest most upbeat pop tunes; very Is This It?
02. Slower country-folk number. Virtually no noise, just a drum machine and plenty of reverb.
03.** Slower w/ fingerpicking. Alien hum/radio squall behind the vox.
04.*** Seriously beautiful, sinister, deep-winter fingerpicking. Slapback reverb, no noise.
05. 3-min instrumental, mostly textured noise and hiss.
06.** Calmer, melancholy full-strummed number w/ a steady 4/4 drumbeat. Little hiss, plenty reverb.
07. 30 second space-noise interlude.
08. Slow and ambient w/ a barely-there flitch beat and delaaaaaayed, whispered vox. Beach House meets Amnesiac.
09. Dreamy, spaced out and slow. Sounds like its title.
10. 1:45 space noise interlude.
11. 1:28 mumbling and noise interlude.
12. Space signals and samples w/ some muttered vocals and plenty hiss.
13.* Pretty acoustic fingerpicking rag w/ a downtrodden, melancholy vocal melody.
Recent airplay
Freeway
Meow — Nov 13, 2014
Dont Get Cute
GurLz rULe — May 22, 2013
Freeway
A Family Affair — Mar 05, 2013
Dont Get Cute
Daydream Disaster — Feb 14, 2013
Breathin Out
Daydream Disaster — Sep 26, 2012
Dont Get Cute
A Family Affair — Nov 10, 2011
Charting
2009-11-08 — 2010-01-10
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 10 | 1 |
| Dec 20 | 1 |
| Dec 13 | 2 |
| Dec 6 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | 2 |
| Nov 22 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Freeway | ||
| 2. | Breathin Out | ||
| 3. | Space Forklift | ||
| 4. | Slow Talkers | ||
| 5. | Trumpets In Summer | ||
| 6. | Dont Get Cute | ||
| 7. | Intro In Z | ||
| 8. | Take My Advice | ||
| 9. | Deep Sea | ||
| 10. | Black Hands | ||
| 11. | American Folded | ||
| 12. | Best Love | ||
| 13. | Classic Rock In Spring | ||
| 14. | 1/2 Freeway In Mind |